vs Gray Flying Fox

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Pteropus griseus

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Gray Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Gray Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Niaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Pteropus griseus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Gray Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Gray Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.